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8 (Or So) Questions About Your Church Signage
When I was 10 years old there was a song by Tesla that was rocking the airwaves called “Signs.” All my friends and I loved the song. You ...
Keeping A Church Poll Results
This week we asked what it would take to keep you returning to a church that you visited. This was our third part in a semi-series about leaving and finding ...
Where Should A New Church Meet?
We’ve talked here on CMS before about church buildings. Recently Drew Goodmanson referenced an article by Dr. Ed Stetzer called “Where Should A New Church Meet?”…
Calling All Financial Minds
Each week, we try to highlight a discussion from the Church Marketing Lab that needs a little kick start to get going. You guys have been making my job tough. ...
Church Marketing Lab: Getting So Close
To be short and sweet, we’re still pushing right at a thousand members for our Church Marketing Lab. Even closer is two thousand pieces of art. Here’s four points of ...
Church Seeking Poll Results
Two weeks ago we asked you why you would ever leave your church. And last week, we continued that with asking how you would go about finding a new church. ...
The Dip: A Little Book That Teaches You When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Marketing guru Seth Godin offers a little book (seriously, it’s only 76 pages) that tells you when to quit. The Dip is all about quitting what doesn’t work and sticking ...
Where’s the Church on Facebook?
If you’re plugged into the social networking site Facebook at all you’ve probably heard about the recent launch of their developer’s platform. For the uninformed, basically third party companies can ...
Making A Good Impression
In lieu of a strikingly original and intensely thought-provoking original work of art, I wanted to give a little link love to an interesting post from Todd Rhoades at Monday ...
Church Marketing Lab: Vines, Logos, Soccer and Silence
This week at the Church Marketing Lab, we saw another successful go of things. I love to see images submitted, reviewed and resubmitted, and we saw some of that. We ...
Leaving Church Poll Results
Last week, we asked you about leaving church. More specifically, we wanted to know what circumstances would cause you to leave a church. Nearly three hundred of you responded, and ...
Trust vs. Statistics
The last chapter of 2 Samuel reads somewhat like a page out of the book of Revelation. It’s got everything a good chapter in Revelation has: judgment, death and an ...
Gee, I Should Go To Church Today
It’s time to go back to the basics. I don’t know any non-Christian who wakes up and thinks, “Gee, I should go to church today.” Churches need to find ways to ...
Help Your Country, Help A Church
OK, so I don’t have a rant concerning patriotism or anything of the sort, but I do really have a call for your help! As you all know, Independence Day ...
Church Marketing Lab: Movies and More
I always love when we have new and interesting media up for discussion in the Church Marketing Lab. We’ve seen movies, bulletins, church directories, coffee cups, logos, color palettes, web ...
You Said It: May Comment Roundup
As the weather heated up, so did our comments section. You said a lot of great things in May, and we’re here to highlight those for the folks who don’t ...
3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing
Kent Shaffer of Church Relevance, in the February 2007 edition of their newsletter, covered the 3 Fundamental Rules of Church Marketing. Here’s a sampling of what he said, and head ...